Two images illustrate the great divide in golf going into the Masters. One was Jon Rahm wearing his Masters green jacket last April. The other was Rahm in a LIV Golf black letterman's jacket when he defected to the Saudi-funded league in December. Now all the world's best don't play in the same tournaments.
FILE - Jon Rahm , of Spain, celebrates winning the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday, April 9, 2023, in Augusta , Ga. Rahm returns to defend his title as a member of LIV Golf. FILE - Jon Rahm , left, and LIV Golf Commissioner and CEO Greg Norman pose for a photo in New York Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. Rahm announced Thursday he’s joining LIV Golf.
Rahm and Scheffler. Brooks Koepka and Rory McIlroy. Patrick Reed and Jordan Spieth. Even aging stars Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods.But then Congress got involved. The Justice Department had antitrust concerns. The tour began receiving offers from U.S. private equity groups.
The closest the two tours have been to each other was early February — about 300 miles separated the Phoenix Open from LIV Golf Las Vegas. Otherwise, they feel galaxies apart.“That’s what is making this Masters and many other majors so much fun — not only for me and for players, but for spectators — is for all of us to be able to play together again and showcase what we’re capable of,” Rahm said.
Rahm has been watching — that’s about all he can do. And the Masters provides an arena for him to have a say about that. Of the other four players with the career Grand Slam, no one waited longer than three years to get the last leg. McIlroy is going on his 10th year, and it’s been that long — 10 years — since he won any major championship.
Woods has been the strongest and steadiest opposition to LIV Golf, and now the biggest name in the sport is lending his voice by getting anAs for golf? That remains a mystery, as it has for the last five years since he capped that remarkable comeback from four back surgeries by winning a fifth green jacket and his 15th major. Woods had ankle surgery after last year’s Masters and is walking better. His ambitious goal was to play once a month through the major championship season.
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